Downtown Tampa, Florida and Harbor Island, Florida as seen from Davis Islands

Interior of second floor balcony of building designed for Genesis Direct of Tampa Florida by masters architectural group 4 also of Tampa, Florida.

Interior of second floor balcony of building designed for Genesis Direct of Tampa Florida by masters architectural group 4 also of Tampa, Florida.

Known as the Palace of Florence it is a three-story version of Florence's Palazzo Vecchio and is located on Davis Islands in Tampa, Florida. It was designed in 1924 as an apartment retreat by architect M. Leo Elliott., Tampa's most noted architect. The most dramatic features are the high square tower and the gran center stairway leading to the second floor entrances.

The Tampa, Florida skyline as seen from the channel between Harbor Island and downtown Tampa.

Tampa Union Station's original purpose was to combine passenger operations for three railroads, the Atlantic Coastline, the Seaboard Air Line and the Tampa Northern. Done in the Italian Renaissance Revival Style, it opened in May of 1912, was named to the Historical Register in 1974 and the Railroad Historical Register in 2012.

Dur to falling ridership in closed 1n 1984 and stay closed until restoration allowed it to reopen to the public in 1998. It is currently an Amtrak Station for the Silver Star Line which operates only one of the original eight tracks with one more used for displays and celebratins. The other six tracks remain but are unused.

Hillsborough High School, one of the oldest high schools in the south, is located in the heart of Tampa, Florida's Seminole Heights neighborhood. It had its first students in 1882 and first graduating class of four students in 1886.

Originally called Hillsborough County High School, the name was shorted to the present Hillsborough High School when a second high school was built in the county.

The current building, designed by Francis J.Kennard in srchitectural gothic, was constructed in 1928